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title: "Bosch error code Drum cleaning reminder"
description: "Bosch error code Drum cleaning reminder: the machine is asking for a drum cleaning cycle."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-drum-cleaning-reminder/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Washers"
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# Bosch error code Drum cleaning reminder

### What this one means

The machine is asking for a drum cleaning cycle. It is a code the manufacturer publishes for this appliance, not one we have worked out — and it is decoded here rather than left as three characters on a display.

### The other ways your machine may say it

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of this appliance:

- **A drum with a water droplet icon is shown** — how a model with no digital display says it. On that machine, the lights are the code

### What the code covers

A published cause names a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before ordering a part. This one covers:

- Routine maintenance rather than any problem

### What to try yourself

- Run the drum cleaning or maintenance cycle with the drum empty

### Then what

A reminder rather than a code, and worth acting on: a front-loading machine that is never run hot builds residue in the drum and the seal, which is where washer smells come from.

This code is published for washers. The [full list of codes](https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/) has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

What this code means

What this one means

The machine is asking for a drum cleaning cycle. It is a code the manufacturer publishes for this appliance, not one we have worked out — and it is decoded here rather than left as three characters on a display.

The other ways your machine may say it

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of this appliance:

A drum with a water droplet icon is shown — how a model with no digital display says it. On that machine, the lights are the code

What the code covers

A published cause names a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before ordering a part. This one covers:

Routine maintenance rather than any problem

What to try yourself

Run the drum cleaning or maintenance cycle with the drum empty

Then what

A reminder rather than a code, and worth acting on: a front-loading machine that is never run hot builds residue in the drum and the seal, which is where washer smells come from.

This code is published for washers. The full list of codes has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

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